The fall of the Tory party

Nice, wonder if he'll block 5G next or fluoride in water

He's edging dangerously close to anti-vax territory.

I agree with what you say and it fits in with the broad brush “they’ll do for me”.

People who perceive it to be a two party system and (for policy reasons or because they have bought lies in the right wing press) don't like labour.

There are vast numbers of these, scarily.

Festering Bullshit

Somebody on ConservativeHome actually wrote a reasonable piece about 15 minute cities and why they are "not a Socialist plot", but dear gods the comments.

(Not a ConservativeHome reader, I just follow @Skülly on the social interwebs)

Just about ready to quit this country

Whilst not surprising the comments are just insane, it's hard to comprehend what planet these people live on.

Fair play to the LondonEnviroment user having the energy to engage with those nut jobs, equal parts exhausting and demoralising. It's pretty much impossible to have any optimism for the country isn't it?

dear gods the comments

A couple of people do get stuck in arguing in favour but the first few which respond to the headline "Fifteen-minute cities are not a socialist plot" with "Fifteen-minute cities ARE a socialist plot!"...

The Tory core vote is heading down the MAGA/ Qanon route. The party isn't far behind them.

“for today’s Tories, “problems are there to be exploited, rather than to be solved”.”
Basic acts of environmental policy vandalism have actual consequences
The sooner this (un)populist right wing party are marginalised the better

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(Not a ConservativeHome reader, I just follow @Skülly on the social interwebs)

Haha there’s an insinuation there I’m not happy about 😆

Yeah mad that the idea of a Conservative who might support it is so inbelievable.

The author is a bit of an odd one, in that he’s generally very reasonable about active travel and town planning, but the only thing underpinning those beliefs appears to be his obsession with historic architectural styling, and total hatred of anything after 1945.

It would be great if conservatives could actually include people and lived experience in their arguments, but even the good ones just seem to want to wander around a leafy village wearing red trousers, and be considered progressive for it.

He even invoked King Charles - if anything would sway an old school conservative that should - but I'm not sure it has impact on this current lot.

This is a good summary of Sunak's reasoning:

https://www.politicshome.com/thehouse/article/state-conservative-party

I’m not sure what part of “I agree with you” indicates that I missed part of your point

I wouldn't bother entering a debate with them.

They are a user that holds a lifetime ban and probably won't be around for long. One of their characteristic is endless hair splitting arguments.

For those who remember, it's @jeez.

I'm not sure it has impact on this current lot.

They think he's a not-so-closet Lefty Remainer. This is a man whose servants squeeze his toothpaste for him*, but still too bolshie for them.

*Not innuendo. People who want a peaceful sleep don't think about innuendo and Charles.

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The Times on the brains behind Sunak..

https://archive.ph/6vmOQ

Link doesn’t work

Although I doubt there are brains or a thought out policy other than “what do we need to say to the electorate to get voted back in despite having no desire to deliver on any promises”.

Works for me, it’s basically a hagiography of some spad who’s masterminded the Tories to their massive poll lead. Oh…

Sorry.. brains

i wondered if that was just commissioned so that the tories could farm the comments for more of their wildness

"The eldest of three, he was granted funding to attend the independent Newcastle-under-Lyme School under the assisted places scheme, designed to help bright pupils attend elite universities."

and

"He believes in a quasi-Thatcher idea of people pulling themselves up by their bootstraps.”

Erm..